#5Books to read before King Arthur hits screens
Kingsman dabbled in it, but Once Upon a Time and Guy Ritchie are definitely doing it: reimagining the story of King Arthur. A noble…
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#ScottishEBookDay: interview with creator, Laura Waddell
So, back in May, I was perusing Twitter and stumbled across the #ScottishEBookDay. Clicking on it, I found to my delighted many Scottish book…
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License or Licence: Don’t be afraid of using the dictionary
Recently, I’ve found license used in two books when licence should have been used instead. It got me thinking about dictionaries and why people find…
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Serialised Novels: Do you have the patience to wait until the next installment?
Would you buy the next novel from your favourite author in installments? That is, every month a chapter or more would be published like…
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Reading a series: do you have to start reading at book 1?
Everyone is reading a series. My first series was Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising series, and then most recent – Harry Potter, of…
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Joseph Campbell and what makes a hero in under 5 minutes
Even if you’ve never heard of Joseph Campbell and his The hero with a thousand faces, I have no doubt you’ll know exactly what…
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More reasons why audiobooks ROCK
A while ago, in one of MizB’s Monday Musing posts, I mentioned that I couldn’t read two books at once, and it was pointed out…
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I’m a romance reader and you are too
I had a bee in my bonnet about romance for the longest time, but it was reading about the Australian Romance Readers Convention that…
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Something more than night by Ian Tregillis: Teaser Tuesday
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read…
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What should you read next? Fun, new book recommendation site
If you’re anything like me, you’re always on the lookout for new books and authors to read, especially ones that take you out of…
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